236 NEW SPECIES OF STEPHANOPIS, 



Abdomen: depressed, nearly two lines long, about one line 

 broad, nearly oval ; above, black rugulose, tuberculated towards 

 the base ; fore part notched, and rising above base of cephalo- 

 tJwrax ; below, of a yellowish-brown. 



This insect also caught at Nepean Towers ; was found under 

 bark without web or tube of silk, in December 1866. 



S. DEPRESSA. 



$ length nearly 5 lines. 



This insect, in the form of all its parts, closely resembles the 

 preceding. 



The cejyhalothorax : a little over two lines long and broad, is 

 of a reddish-grey, with two bands of reddish-brown meeting at 

 the base of the caput, curving outwards from that point. 



Clypeus : reddish-brown. 



Legs and Palpi : yellowish-brown ; the tubercles of brown, 

 which give a mottled appearance above. 



Falces : yellowish-brown. 



Maxillae and Sternum . reddish-brown, with a few scattered 

 hairs of a light color. 



Abdomen : depressed, nearly three lines long and nearly as 

 broad at posterior part, which is broadest ; color, greyish-brown 

 with neai-ly white patches, tuberculated slightly to the sides, 

 which are slightly darker ; below, of a dirty brown. 



I have this insect from Cape York, N.A. 



S. KLONGATA. 



$ adult ? length 3^ lines. 



This insect differs from the preceding, which it greatly 

 resembles both in form and color ; in the shape of the cephalo- 

 thorax which is round ; the legs are longer in proportion ; the 

 whole insect is flatter, and more tuberculated at posterior part. 



Sternum : is broadest in rear, truncate in front ; the fem,ur 

 and tibia of first pair of legs are of a darker color ; the distinct 

 marking on the cephalothorax of the preceding species does not 

 appear in this one, but there are two tubercles of a darker color 

 in the centre of the cephalothorax ; the general color of this 

 species is the same but lighter than that of the preceding. 



I have this insect also from Cape York. 



